Beautiful Story
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Lyrics:
Looking back on the things I tried to control Thought I knew how I wanted it to go Had it planned in my mind Like "wouldn't it be nice?" I didn't know You were leading down a better road If I knew what You knew Understood what You'd do If I'd seen this, I never would've doubted You Now I stand here and laugh Looking back at the past Forever I'll be trusting You Because if I wrote the story It would've been okay But You wrote the story So now I stand amazed I didn't know how good good could get I didn't know I hadn't seen it yet So I'll give You the glory For this beautiful story This beautiful story See, I'd prayed for a change And believed in someday But it never crossed my mind that it could be this way Would've settled for less But Jesus, You know what's best And I'm so glad I didn't get the final say 'Cause You knew what You'd do Understood how You'd move Now I see that I never should've doubted You And I stand here in awe What a marvelous God Forever I'll be trusting You Because if I wrote the story It would've been okay But You wrote the story So now I stand amazed I didn't know how good good could get I didn't know I hadn't seen it yet So I'll give You the glory For this beautiful story This beautiful story Sometimes I confess that I still get stressed When my circumstances won't let me rest When I get obsessed about what's next But then I remember All the things that I thought seemed impossible You redeemed and restored and so much more And You'll do it again; you've got good plans Lord Yeah-- If I wrote the story It would've been okay But You wrote the story So now I stand amazed I didn't know how good good could get I didn't know I hadn't seen it yet So I'll give You the glory For this beautiful story This beautiful story |
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Lyrics by Kelsey Gallant Melody by Kelsey Gallant Mixed by Kelsey Gallant Mix contributors: Cam Gallant, Joe Gautrey Video assembly: Kelsey Gallant Videographer: Kelsey Gallant The Story Behind The Song:
My youngest brother went through some difficult times during his teenage years. I remember praying for him constantly, always trying to keep hope for a beautiful future even when the circumstances made that seem almost impossible. I trusted God, but a lot of the time it felt like the restoration I was praying for was very far away. By the time my brother turned 21, things were going a lot better. That year, I went on a three-month mission trip to Belize, where I became great friends with a girl in my group... who was 20 and shared some similar interests with my brother. I thought it would be interesting for them to meet, so when my friend and I planned for me to visit her a few months after our trip ended, I invited him along. Well, things didn't work out the way I was hoping. They worked out even better! My brother and friend weren't interested in each other... but my brother and my friend's sister were! They started dating on Easter and have a great relationship. My brother had always considered himself a Christian, but hadn't been following God very closely until a few weeks before our trip to my friend's house, when God used a not-as-bad-as-it-could-have-been car accident to get his attention (see the story behind "Free Life" for more details). He'd been making positive changes since then, but meeting my friend's sister and seeing the joy and faith that emanated from her family's relationship with the Lord helped him fully make the decision to give his life to Jesus. All the sudden, I was seeing every single prayer I'd prayed for him over the last five years being answered, one by one--and in ways that far exceeded my expectations! I'd thought things were pretty good before we took that trip. I'd had my own ideas in my mind of how I thought things would or should go. Never in my wildest dreams had I imagined what God was about to do. I'd been wanting to write a joyful song that touched on these things, but I didn't quite know what to write. I'd been experimenting with a music loop I liked but didn't have great lyrics for, and then I had a no-tune song stanza in a note on my phone, and an acapella chorus in my voice recorder app. One night I decided to try putting them all together, and I loved it! I think this is now my favorite song I've written. It's important to recognize that, even when amazing, miraculous, wonderful things happen, that doesn't mean that the rest of your life is going to be perfect. As of October 2023, it's been 9 months since the events that inspired this song, and we've gone through a lot of ups and downs since then. But thinking about all the incredible things God has done in writing this story so far, I absolutely have to trust Him with the future. And you can too. I can't tell you how long things will take or whether the outcome will be what you think you want right now. But I can say that if you put your faith in Jesus and love Him with all your heart, the beautiful story He writes for you is going to be better than you ever expected. 
album cover photo credit: Jael Allison
album cover design: Kelsey Gallant |
